With the Thanksgiving holidays, I've been remiss in my postings. I'm out of town for the weekend, so no pictures right now, but I thought I'd go ahead and post an update.
The workers got next to nothing done while we were gone for Thanksgiving. However they did leave our heat running at 75 degrees for 4 days, just to make sure our oil bill didn't dip. Although they had said they were coming on Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, they didn't show for either.
But they did make some improvements this week after W had a good talk with the crew. The bathroom tile job is still dragging on. I swear, this is the longest tile job I've ever seen. And as you saw below, we didn't choose a crazy design. All of the drywall is completed now and the walls have even been primed, or in some cases painted with a flat coat. That wasn't our intention, but there was a little misunderstanding on that. I think we bought about 50 gallons of paint in all.
The low point came on Wednesday night. The crew left a small puddle of oil on the basement floor from the old furnace line. (Side note: the crew did not remove our old furnace tank. There's still some oil in it. Any ideas on how we can get it safely removed? I'm guessing this will be an insurance issue later down the road.) We were out eating dinner (yep, still eating out every night) and making our nightly stop at Home Depot, so we didn't make it back home till 9pm. We walked into the house and it smelled like a gas station. (Now you see why this was the "high" point of the week as well.) As we approached our cozy plastic corner where our bed is, the smell got stronger. When W found the source, and realized the crew caused the problem, we called the head honchos and they sent us to hotel for the night. So at 11pm we made it to a hotel and turned in for the night. BUT the next night, the oil puddle was still there! AND they left 2 gas soaked rags in the living, just to ensure the odor permeated the whole house! They must have missed the warning label on gas tanks about spontaneous combustion, or maybe they were trying to prove it. So we headed out to a hotel again.
It turned out to be a great night. Take food on the hotel beds, and watching a full night of Thursday sitcoms. For someone who has been living without a TV for 2 months, it was a big treat.
Our new kitchen cabinets arrived on Thursday, so we may have a kitchen in a few weeks. We're approaching the point in the project where more of the work will fall on us, which is fine by me. I'm tired of dealing with the contractors, and I know W feels that much more than I do.
The crew only has a few more key tasks (flooring 2nd floor, finishing baths, build back entrance steps) to complete, so I'm hoping they're gone in 2 weeks. Then we can start refinishing the 1st level floors, installing trim and wrapping up the kitchen. I'm just hoping they stay on track and finish soon! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
